George Malik on the Sports Inferno: Red Wings will fill Marian Hossa void by committee

We are only days away until the puck drops for the start of the 2009-2010 regular season as the preseason is already underway.

A lot happened in the offseason and as a result you are going to see some new faces and returning faces on the ice this year at the Joe Louis Arena.

Snapshots blog author on Mlive.com George Malik joined Justin Hoff on The Sports Inferno" to talk about the Red Wings offseason moves and to share his latest thoughts on the team heading into another season.

"The Wings expectations regarding Williams and Bertuzzi regarding their production are realistic. By committee you end up at least shoring up the scoring loss of Hossa and at least theoretically maybe Hudler," Malik said. "At the same time there’s definitely going to be

a drop off in scoring. There’s no way they could replace everybody that left."

The Red Wings will open up the regular season on the road on October 2 against the St. Louis Blues at the Scottrade Center.